True words seem false.

I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass.

When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.

I alone am different from the others, because I am nourished by the great mother.

If a great country yields to a small country, it will conquer the small country. If a small country yields to a great country, it will be conquered by the great country.

The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to Two. Two gives birth to Three. Three gives birth to all things. All things have their backs to the female and stand facing the male. When male and female combine, all things achieve harmony. Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.

The superior leader keeps informed about everything but interferes hardly at all.